Bradley, Pederson head SL All-Stars

North Division set to face South in Jacksonville on July 17

Joc Pederson is among the top four in the SL in batting, slugging and steals. (Tim Evearitt)

By John Parker / MiLB.com | July 3, 2013 9:43 AM

The Double-A Southern League completed the announcement of its All-Star Game rosters Wednesday as the South Division lineup was revealed a day after the North Division team. The circuit's Midsummer Classic will be held in Jacksonville on Wednesday, July 17.

A pair of clubs -- Chattanooga (Dodgers) for the North and Mobile (D-backs) for the South -- are represented by seven players apiece. Mississippi (Braves), Tennessee (Cubs) and first-place Birmingham (White Sox) will send six players each, host Jacksonville (Miami) five and Montgomery (Rays) four. The three remaining teams feature three All-Stars each.

The South roster boasts three of the five Southern League hitters now batting over .300: league-leader Kevin Kiermaier of Montgomery (.317), Mobile's Justin Greene (.311) and Jose Martinez of Mississippi (.301). Jackson's Julio Morban (.309) and Chattanooga's Joc Pederson (.302) will bolster the North lineup. Pederson ranks in the league's top four in hitting, on-base percentage, slugging, home runs, runs scored and stolen bases. League home run leader Kyle Jensen of Jacksonville is unavailable for the South after being promoted to Triple-A New Orleans.

The South figures to have a slight edge on the mound, as Archie Bradley (Mobile), Chad Rogers (Pensacola), Gus Schlosser (Mississippi) and David Holmberg (Mobile) own four of the top five ERAs among the league's current pitchers. Bradley is second in the Minor Leagues with 112 strikeouts. Tennessee's Kyle Hendricks, second on the circuit with a 2.06 mark, anchors the North Division staff.

The North Division had won all seven contests since the league went to its current divisional format in 2005 before dropping a 6-2 decision in Tennessee last year. The South will try to make it two in a row as the game returns to Jacksonville for the first time since 2003.

NORTH DIVISION ALL-STAR TEAM

POS

NAME

TEAM

MLB ORG

C

Mike Blanke^

Birmingham

CWS

C

Rafael Lopez

Tennessee

CHC

1B

Adam Weisenburger*^

Huntsville

MIL

2B

Rafael Ynoa^

Chattanooga

LAD

3B

Christian Villanueva^

Tennessee

CHC

SS

Arismendy Alcantara^

Tennessee

CHC

OF

James Jones^

Jackson

SEA

OF

Brock Kjeldgaard*

Huntsville

MIL

OF

Joc Pederson^

Chattanooga

LAD

OF

Matt Szczur^

Tennessee

CHC

DH

Dan Black^

Birmingham

CWS

UTL IF

Marcus Semian

Birmingham

CWS

UTL OF

Trayce Thompson*

Birmingham

CWS

RHP

Alberto Cabrera

Tennessee

CHC

LHP

Roenis Elias

Jackson

SEA

RHP

Yimi Garcia

Chattanooga

LAD

RHP

Kyle Hendricks^

Tennessee

CHC

RHP

Taylor Jungmann

Huntsville

MIL

RHP

Zach Lee

Chattanooga

LAD

RHP

Nick McCully

Birmingham

CWS

RHP

Hector Nelo

Chattanooga

LAD

RHP

Ariel Pena*

Huntsville

MIL

LHP

Scott Snodgress

Birmingham

CWS

RHP

Ross Stripling

Chattanooga

LAD

RHP

Taylor Thompson

Birmingham

CWS

Honorable mention: The following players were nominated for the All-Star Teams because they were on Southern League rosters when the ballots went out on June 12. However, they have since been promoted out of the League: Erik Johnson (Birmingham), Andy Wilkins (Birmingham), Rob Rasmussen (Chattanooga), Jimmy Nelson (Huntsville) and Taijuan Walker (Jackson). Additionally, Ryan Kussmaul (Birmingham) is unavailable after going on the disabled list.

Honorable mention: The following players were nominated for the All-Star Teams because they were on Southern League rosters when the ballots went out on June 12. However, they have since been promoted out of the League: Kyle Jensen (Jacksonville), Kevin Munson (Mobile), C.J. Riefenhauser (Montgomery) and Juan Sandoval (Montgomery).